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| jay |
 Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:58 pm |
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Following published in Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2006 Mar;27(1):42-5.
Dental Amalgam and Mercury Levels in Autopsy Tissues: Food for
Thought. by Guzzi G, Grandi M, Cattaneo C, Calza S, Minoia C, Ronchi
A, Gatti A, Severi G. Italian Association for Metals and
Biocompatibility Research (AIRMEB), Milan, Italy.
Eighteen cadavers from routine autopsy casework were subject to a
study of tissue levels of total mercury in brain, thyroid, and kidney
samples by atomic absorption. On these same cadavers, all dental
amalgam fillings (the most important source of inorganic mercury
exposure in the general population, according to the World Health
Organization (WHO) were charted. Total mercury levels were
significantly higher in subjects with a greater number of occlusal
amalgam surfaces (>12) compared with those with fewer occlusal
amalgams (0-3) in all types of tissue (all P < or = 0.04). Mercury
levels were significantly higher in brain tissues compared with
thyroid and kidney tissues in subjects with more than 12 occlusal
amalgam fillings (all P < or = 0.01) but not in subjects with 3 or
less occlusal amalgams (all P > or = 0.07).
PMID: 16501347 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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